In the middle of this purge, I found a prescription box in the medicine cabinet—to the side of the vanity in the bathroom—that sent everything spiraling. I knew what it was. Not exactly at first, but I sensed from my rudimentary knowledge of medicine that this box shouldn’t be in the bathroom of a professional cyclist.
The label said Androstenedione. I looked it up on a laptop computer Armstrong had given me months before. I was searching for valid reasons why he would have this substance, a banned steroid. There were none. I put it back and did my best to forget about it. But I was torn. Should I risk alienating Armstrong and losing my job by calling him out?
So, another person has opened themselves up to a liable suit.
Weird, one after another they offer themselves up to be sued into bankruptcy all in an effort get Lance.
THAT is one strange conspiracy.
I'm sorry but this sounds completely fabricated to me. Andro was never even proven to be effective. I highly doubt someone on the pro level of Armstrong would even risk taking Andro. It was used as a supplement back in the days when you could buy it at Kroger. I do think it had limited effect if you were a body builder and did not want to take illegal steroids. It had the effect to very temporarily spike your testosterone levels. (generally for several hours at best). The effects however were minor strength and muscle mass gains.
I find it odd that it's very common for these "accusers" of pro athletes to say they saw "Andro" when this substance was one of the least if at all effective steroid precursor supplements. My theory on this is that the uninformed know very little about actual performance enhancing drugs so they choose one of the few that's was actually widely known by the public.
Anytime someone accuses a highly paid pro athlete of using "Andro" I immediately put this in the NOT credible category. Pros with big money have access to MUCH more effective and stealthy means to cheat.